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1.	New book: Artisanal diamond mining: Perspectives and challenges
	Author: Edited by K. Vlassenroot & S. Van Bockstael	Date Written: 20 December 2008
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Belgian Royal Institute for International Relations
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL:
	Key Words: artisanal diamond mining, KPCS,
	Summary & Comment: This work makes a significant contribution towards a vision of artisanal alluvial diamond mining com­munities that contribute to sustainable, local economic growth, development, poverty reduction, and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. Koen Vlassenroot is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghent, and the Director . . . [expand]
2.	Conflict diamond scheme must suspend Zimbabwe
	Author: PAC Press Release	Date Written: 12 December 2008
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Partnership Africa Canada
	Secondary Category: Zimbabwe	Source URL: http://www.pacweb.org
	Key Words: Zimbabwe, conflict diamond, Kimberley process,
	Summary & Comment: Recent violence used by the government to take control of the Chiadzwa diamond fields has led the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition to call for the suspension of Zimbabwe from the rough diamond certification scheme. DN
3.	Conflict diamond scheme must suspend Zimbabwe - Kimberley Pocess
	Author: Press Release, Ousmane Déme	Date Written: 12 December 2008
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Publish What You Pay-Canada
	Secondary Category: Zimbabwe	Source URL: http://www.pwyp.org
	Key Words: Zimbabwe, diamonds, Chiadzwa, Kimberley Process,
	Summary & Comment: In light of the recent violence used by the government to take control of the Chiadzwa diamond fields NGOs concerned about ending conflict diamonds call upon the Kimberley Process and its member states to suspend Zimbabwe from participation in the certification scheme and step up efforts in the identification of illicit Zimbabwe diamonds. DN
4.	Le Canada en Afrique : la super puissance minière! Canada in Africa: Mining Superpower
	Author: Denis Tougas	Date Written: 20 November 2008
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Pambazuka News 470 & AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.africafiles/org/article.asp?ID=19450
	Key Words: Canada, Africa, mining, superpower, puissance minière
	Summary & Comment: English follows. En 2001, les entreprises canadiennes menaient des opérations dans 24 pays africains alors qu’en 2007 c’est dans 35 pays. Et 92% des investissements canadiens étaient concentrés dans 8 pays. Par ordre d’importance : Afrique du Sud (25%), RD Congo (17%), Madagascar (13%), Zambie (10%), Tanzanie (9%), Ghana (6,5%), Burkina Faso (4,7%) . . . [expand]
5.	Tanzania: Mining and colonial practices Retour à l’ère coloniale victorienne en Tanzanie
	Author: Evans Rubara	Date Written: 20 November 2008
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Pambazuka News 407 & AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=19451
	Key Words: Tanzania, mining, colonial practices, l’ère coloniale,
	Summary & Comment: La version francaise suit. Rubara documents the extent to which mining companies operate with impunity in Tanzania, an impunity giving rise to sustained abuse of local people’s rights and wholesale stealing of national resources. Dans cette analyse des conditions d’exploitation des ressources minières en Tanzanie, Evans Rubara évoque les chaînes de . . . [expand]
6.	D R Congo: Empreintes et paradoxes des exploitants miniers canadiens en RDC Footprints and paradoxes of Canadian mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo
	Author: Mikhael Missakabo	Date Written: 20 November 2008
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Pambazuka News 407 & AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=19452
	Key Words: DRC, RDC, miniers canadiens, mining,
	Summary & Comment: English follows. Lorsque les conditions de vie des Congolais se détériorent, le secteur minier continue de fournir environ 70% du budget national. Soulignant que ces conditions en RD Congo n’auraient jamais été tolérables au Canada même, Missakabo se demande quel est l’avenir d’un continent exploité systématiquement par des intérêts motivés par un . . . [expand]
7.	Ghana: When silence is golden Quand le silence est d’or
	Author: Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque	Date Written: 20 November 2008
	Primary Category: Resource Extraction	Document Origin: Pambazuka News 407 & AfricaFiles
	Secondary Category: Western Region	Source URL: http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=19453
	Key Words: Ghana, resource extraction, gold, When Silence is Golden
	Summary & Comment: La version francaise suit. While Canada’s anti-poverty agenda cancelled some CAD$18 million of Ghana’s debt in 2004, the author highlights the core contradictions of a Western nation that is conversely unwilling to accept any extraterritorial responsibilities in conflict with the needs of its own domestic economy. Dans un pays que les pays occident . . . [expand]